Maryanne Fisher, a psychology professor at Saint Mary's University, has been studying what Harlequin romance novels can tell us about relationships for more than seven years. Maryanne Fisher, a psychology professor at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, examined more than 60 years of Harlequin book covers to see how expectations around romance and relationships changed. (Wendell Conrod)Fisher noted they focused on Harlequin's Romance imprint, since it is the company's longest-running one and offers the most research material. Some of the new Harlequin Romance imprint books, published after the company was taken over by HarperCollins in 2014. Their study range ended in 2014 when the Canadian Harlequin business was sold to U.S.-based News Corp, now a division of HarperCollins.

Source: CBC News February 14, 2021 19:41 UTC